SPRINT Samsung 500

Edwards holds on late to win at Texas

Edwards survived a green-white-checkered finish Sunday to win
the NASCAR Sprint Cup Samsung 500 at Texas Motor Speedway, his
second career win at the one-mile oval.

Edwards had nearly a two-second lead over reigning series
champion Jimmie Johnson when Martin Truex Jr. brought out the
sixth caution of the race with four laps remaining with a blown
engine.

That bunched the field together, but Edwards was able to pull
away on the restart to cross the finish line almost a
half-second ahead of Johnson for his third win of the season and
10th career.

"Man, I didn't know about that last restart," Edwards said. "It
means the world to come out of here with a win though."

The win also gave Edwards some measure of vindication after he
was penalized following his victory at Las Vegas. During
post-race inspection, it was determined that the lid on the oil
reservoir encasement on his Fusion was off.

As a result, Edwards and car owner Jack Roush were penalized 100
championship driver and 100 championship owner points,
respectively. At the time, the sanctions dropped Edwards from
first in the Sprint Cup standings to seventh.